288: Ding Dong The Ranch Is Dead
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
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🗓️ 23 January 2018
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
IN THE NEWS
Victim impact statements in the sentencing for Larry Nassar began last week and continue this week. You can continue to watch it live here.
- Update: Upon order of USOC, Paul Parilla resigns. John Geddert suspended !
- Kyle Stephens: "Little girls don't stay little forever. They grow into strong women that return to destroy your world."
- Lindsey Lemke: "Larry, I hope you, Lou Anna Simon, Kathie Klages, John Geddert, and all of USAG are scared, because you have pissed off the wrong army of women."
- The awfulness of Geddert, quote by quote, story by story
- 14 were warned of Nassar abuse at MSU, at least one of whom is still working with the gymnastics team! WHAT?!
- Jordyn Wieber: "Larry Nassar is accountable. USA Gymnastics is accountable. The U.S. Olympic Committee is accountable. My teammates and friends have been through enough and now it's time for change."
- Aly Raisman: "Imagine feeling like you have no power and no voice. Well, you know what, Larry? I have both power and voice, and I am only beginning to just use them."
- That insane letter Nassar wrote to the judge
- Miss Val opens can of Whoop Ass on USAG
- What you can do:
- S 534 Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 — Make sure it passes.
USAG announces that it will no longer be using the ranch.
- What do we make of this?
- Is it progress or just cynicism?
- A listener asks: Why can't the women just use the Olympic Training Center?
Plus, is decertification an option? What does that actually mean? And what was the deal with Nastia's apology?
MEET NEWS
- A rundown of the current leaders in NCAA gymnastics
- All of Elizabeth Price's accomplishments over the last three weeks (there have been a lot)
- insane floor save from MyKayla Skinner
- Sabrina Vega scores 9.950 on floor
- Our obsession with the Toni-Ann Williams slip-and-slide vault warmup
- Stella Savvidou's one-arm floor routine: amazing, dangerous, or both?
FEEDBACK
We respond to your questions and comments all about
- Piked Arabians on beam?
- The difference between moral duty and legal duty
- Clarification on what "the Liukin" actually is
- Does the US train too hard leading up to competition? (Hint: YES)
- Why can't we just get rid of camps entirely?
- Bad coaching vs. good coaching
- Little Girls In Pretty Boxes
- NCAA gymnasts as possible individual competitors in 2020
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| 0:30.0 | Today, to see what happened at the ranch in Texas we needed to visit a courtroom in |
| 0:36.1 | Michigan. Ms. Val's words from her opening a can of Wobass on USA |
| 0:40.5 | Gymnastics on our |
| 0:43.6 | gymnastics on our athletes are finally hitting |
| 0:45.2 | major news getting major attention and making it |
| 0:47.6 | onto signs at the Women's March. |
| 0:50.1 | Nastia issues an apology. |
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| 0:55.0 | And we have lots of answers to your questions |
| 0:57.0 | and we'll discuss your feedback today on episode 288. |
| 1:01.0 | Ding, The Ranch is Dead. |
| 1:03.0 | Welcome to the Number One Gymnastics Podcast in the Galaxy. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Jessica and I'm here with Spencer from the balance beam situation. |
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